Rich Santalesa Esq., CIPP-US, CIPM
Education
St. John's University School of Law
J.D., Law 2001-01-01 - 2005-01-01
Queens College
B.A., Double Major - Computer Science, English -
St. Francis Prep
, -Work Experience
Smartedge LLC
Current
Smartedge LLC
Bortstein Legal Group
2015-11-01 - 2020-07-01
Bortstein Legal Group
InformationLawGroup
2010-06-01 - 2014-02-01
InformationLawGroup
FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation
2009-07-01 - 2010-05-01
FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation
Ipsos in US
2008-09-01 - 2009-04-01
Ipsos in US
Wiggin and Dana LLP
2007-05-01 - 2008-09-01
Wiggin and Dana LLP
Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP
2005-01-01 - 2007-01-01
Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP
Smartedge.com
1997-01-01 - 2005-01-01
Smartedge.com
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
2004-01-01 - 2004-05-01
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
NY Housing Court
2003-05-01 - 2003-09-01
NY Housing Court
Skills
Summary
• Int'l Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) "Certified Information Privacy Professional" (CIPP) and "Certified Information Program Manager" (CIPM) • IAPP Co-Chair of CT KnowledgeNet (1/1/2014 - 1/1/2016) • Guest Lecturer at Sacred Heart University, in Masters Degree in Cybersecurity Program • American Bar Association, Section of Science & Tech Law, Chair of Social Networking Committee; Member InfoSec and EDDE Committees • New York State Bar Association - Intellectual Property Law Section – Internet & Technology Law Committee • Greater Bridgeport Bar Association - Intellectual Property & Commercial Law Committees • Former Local elected official – elected to two year legislative term (unpaid) as Fairfield Representative Town Member (2009-2011) responsible for ordinances, oversight and approval of $251+ million budget; appointed to Legislative & Administration Committee; Former Fairfield Conservation Commissioners. • Certified mentor for small-businesses and startups via the CT branch of SCORE, a nationally recognized volunteer counseling organization affiliated with the SBA • Admitted in New York, District of Columbia and Connecticut (achieved 2nd highest scaled Multistate Bar Exam score of 390 examinees seated for Feb. 2008 Connecticut bar exam) Practice Focus: Strategic legal and technological services with a focus on social networking, cloud computing, data privacy, security and data security and breach responses, software and tech licensing and outsourcing, intellectual property, purchase and sales agreement, copyrights, trademarks, contracts and other agreements. With subspecialities in author and publishing contract matters and related issues and commercial leasing.
